The Intersections of Transnational and Internal Migration: Gender, Kinship, and Care

dc.contributor.advisorStephen, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorSandoval-Cervantes, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-27T18:41:24Z
dc.date.available2016-10-27T18:41:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-27
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation analyzes the intersections of different forms of migrations, and how such intersections shape and are shaped by gendered kinship and care relationships. In other words, I analyze how the ways in which people relate, and how they define and redefine their gender identities as they become mobile in diverse ways. This dissertation is based on ethnographic research conducted with the Zapotec community of Zegache, Oaxaca. Research took place in Oaxaca (Mexico), Mexico City, and Oregon. I approach the study of different migrations from a transborder perspective that is able to better capture how the crossing of different borders (national, regional, ethnic, rural and urban) has different meanings and consequences for migrant men and women from Zegache. I analyze how different forms of mobility and migration are constructed and discussed in scholarly works and “in the field.” The definition of who is a migrant is even more complicated as we consider that men and women from Zegache often engage in more than one form of migration. Thus, women who migrate to Mexico City sometimes will also migrate to the U.S. Even if women don’t migrate, they are increasingly becoming mobile and commuting to Oaxaca City, and are often in families with transnational migrants. In the same manner, men who join the military (which, I argue, is a form of migration) often become transnational migrants themselves. This dissertation looks at the articulations of intersecting migrations shows how relatedness and gender identities become constructed and re-constructed when people become mobile.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/20471
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectKinshipen_US
dc.subjectMexicoen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectOaxaca (Mex.)en_US
dc.titleThe Intersections of Transnational and Internal Migration: Gender, Kinship, and Care
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Anthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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